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Snogging Hairstreaks
Snogging Hairstreaks
Caught these two in the bus shelter snogging,,, Alners Gorse, Dorset.
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Cheers,,, Zonda.
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Re: Snogging Hairstreaks
Great shot Zonda.
Think you'll find they're actually enemies playing push of war. I saw this behaviour at Bernwood Forest last year.
I watched one push the other off it's acorn several times before the presumably weaker individual gave up.
Think you'll find they're actually enemies playing push of war. I saw this behaviour at Bernwood Forest last year.
I watched one push the other off it's acorn several times before the presumably weaker individual gave up.
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Re: Snogging Hairstreaks
Paul,
I'm sure you're right but the romantic conotations are much nicer!
I too have seen this behaviour a couple of years back and didn't know what to make of it. Great photo Zonda. Must be one of the best from this year
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Michael
I'm sure you're right but the romantic conotations are much nicer!
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Michael
Re: Snogging Hairstreaks
Aaw, sweet. That shot brings the orange antennae tips to the fore as well.
Excellent photograph.
Excellent photograph.
Re: Snogging Hairstreaks
That's a terrific bit of observation. There is a staggering amount of behavioural data on this website - I hope someone's taking notes...
Dave
Dave
Re: Snogging Hairstreaks
Squint your eyes a bit, one giant butterfly caught by a crab spider ......... OK perhaps notWurzel wrote:Is it just me or does the outline of the two together look like one giant butterfly
The one on the right looks like a female. Fighting girls
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Re: Snogging Hairstreaks
Another World Class capture Frank...I guess you can have a White-letter day as well as a Red-letter day
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Re: Snogging Hairstreaks
...or be going though a purple patch? I'll get me coat.
Michael, Karen and I observed this very behaviour yesterday at Bernwood!
Nice photo too, Zonda.
Cheers
Lee
Michael, Karen and I observed this very behaviour yesterday at Bernwood!
Nice photo too, Zonda.
Cheers
Lee
To butterfly meadows, chalk downlands and leafy glades; to summers eternal.
Re: Snogging Hairstreaks
They weren't conjoined,,, they parted and went their separate ways, without consumating, so probably a rebuff, or just two males sparring (red deer fashion), as observed by Paul Wetton. I can't tell the sexes apart by the underwings. Its not a great shot, because they took me by surprise, and i never had time to fit the flash on the camera, for some underwing light. The 'in cop' shot that i was waiting for never happened. ![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
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Cheers,,, Zonda.